Sherlock Holmes – Fact or Fiction? Forensics Follow the rules of scientific inquiry: gather, observe and test data  formulate, modify, and reject hypotheses, until only one remains not an exact science and far from the glamour of ‘CSI’ or ‘Criminal Minds,’ or other television shows Purpose? to contribute to law enforcements effort to take criminals of the street Examples of Subdivisions of Forensic Science Forensic Anthropology study of bones identity, trauma and post-mortem mutilation Forensic Ondontology the study of the uniqueness of dentition (teeth) Trace Evidence hairs, fibres, pollen, paint, soil and glass Ballistic Experts tools and weapons Sherlock Holmes – Fact or Fiction? Forensic Biologists blood, saliva, semen Forensic Psychology the study of the mind of an individual Blood Splatter Analysis the scientific examination of blood spatter patterns found at a crime scene to reconstruct the events of the crime